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my questions & concerns about the epic4g!

okay so i made the leap and traded my evo for a newer epic4g. i love the clarity of the screen and the overall speed blows the evo away. downside is some of the bright colors look washed out and the screen is smaller.
my question is when is the epic getting official froyo so we can have more development? such as roms & kernels?
will the epic even get gingerbread at all?
my concerns and observations are:
the proximity sensor is very sensitive and i find it often does not work as even when i have auto rotation disabled i find certain apps like my phone will go into landscape mode and get stuck there.
cannot update my prl or profile without the use of qpst? i mean i assume this is a software flaw? ive seen lots of people have this issue and it must be reported and fixed by samsung IMO.
really bad radio signal life compared to the evo. i have no idea what the difference would be?
ive noticed compared to the evo i have less free ram. i usually had about 200-250mb free and now i have only 140-170. whats the difference here? would a custom kernel possibly fix this?
also id love to know why there is no working version of apps2sd as i feel it would benefit the free memory the phone has.
as i said im not here bashing but giving my observations and to tell you the truth if these issues cannot be fixed ill for sure be going back to the evo. i sorta see why samsung have a bad rep.
can anybody give me any fixes for some of the issues i posted?

fixxxer2008 said:
okay so i made the leap and traded my evo for a newer epic4g. i love the clarity of the screen and the overall speed blows the evo away. downside is some of the bright colors look washed out and the screen is smaller.
my question is when is the epic getting official froyo so we can have more development? such as roms & kernels?
will the epic even get gingerbread at all?
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Good questions. We don't know and anyone who tells you differently is lying.
my concerns and observations are:
the proximity sensor is very sensitive and i find it often does not work as even when i have auto rotation disabled i find certain apps like my phone will go into landscape mode and get stuck there.
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Auto-rotation has nothing to do with the proximity sensor. You probably need to run /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha as root and follow the instructions.
cannot update my prl or profile without the use of qpst? i mean i assume this is a software flaw? ive seen lots of people have this issue and it must be reported and fixed by samsung IMO.
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I haven't had an issue with getting my epic to update the prl even on custom roms.
really bad radio signal life compared to the evo. i have no idea what the difference would be?
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Signal life? Do you mean signal strength? Hardware is different, but i haven't heard many complaints about the epic's signal strength.
ive noticed compared to the evo i have less free ram. i usually had about 200-250mb free and now i have only 140-170. whats the difference here? would a custom kernel possibly fix this?
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It is mis-reporting it to you. There is more memory available solely to the OS that you don't see as available for programs.
also id love to know why there is no working version of apps2sd as i feel it would benefit the free memory the phone has.
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I was under the impressions that some people had it working.
as i said im not here bashing but giving my observations and to tell you the truth if these issues cannot be fixed ill for sure be going back to the evo. i sorta see why samsung have a bad rep.
can anybody give me any fixes for some of the issues i posted?
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I don't see anything on the list worth jumping ship over. :-/

Be careful op. People here like to flash their e-peens when you have a negative observation towards the phone.
Luckily some are more open minded and will help
Have you rooted the epic?
I'm on stock froyo dk28 and I get almost 2 days out of my phone, but that's with only using 4g and wifi because 3g is of no point to me unless I go somewhere out the city
There's a developer "noobnl" who's working on a gb port, but its not gonna be completed until official froyo sauce straight from samsung comesout
You should've held the evo for a bit until the epic got official 2.2 because then you would've definitely not have had any type of buyers/traders remorse
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Also...I don't have ay problems with the auto rotate....there migh be something messing with it lol also the kb likes to skip buttons sometimes
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

yes im fully rooted running clockwork3/ext4 with the bonsai rom. ive seen many, many complaint of not being able to update prl or profile at all. ive even done several data resets.
do you guys have the link for the working version of apps2sd?
as i said im not bashing the phone, i do like it alot just seems alot of issues with it atm.

DiGi760 said:
Good questions. We don't know and anyone who tells you differently is lying.
Auto-rotation has nothing to do with the proximity sensor. You probably need to run /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha as root and follow the instructions.
Signal life? Do you mean signal strength? Hardware is different, but i haven't heard many complaints about the epic's signal strength.
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i did this, will report back.
yes compared to my evo i have really bad signal strength right now.

There mightve been something wrong with the modem flash
I couldn't upate m prl when I first updated to dk28 but after I flashed back to 2.1 then 2.2 it was fixed? So idk I would try that
And my phone also has horrible signal cmpared to my hero, and the 3g speeds and ping are horrible compared to what I got on the hero, and also apparently there's a cap of 1mb/s upload on the epic on 4g
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

They capped the 4g upload speed? I don't have 4g in my area but that sucks.

to the OP..
try ##786# <reset> <enter MSL>
let it go through it's paces.. it will factory reset BUT.. after reset, it will perform hands free activation, then reboot, then update your PRL, then restart the radio, then look for software updates.. (this will also most likely fix GPS if you're having problems with that too)
Hope this helps
EDIT: for the 'getting stuck in landscape mode' i have encountered this on occasion as well.. seems like the settings for 'use sensor to auto rotate' or something like that in your launcher or in menu > settings> etc.. might be conflicting.

A few questions about rooting / ROMs on my new LTE coming from EVO 4G

I had my EVO 4G rooted and flashed ROM's. I just picked up the LTEvo. I know that it can be rooted very easily.
I suppose the same ROM's that are available for the 4G can be flashed on the LTE? Or are there specific ROM's for the LTE?
Can anyone recommend a ROM for the LTE that doesn't take away anything from the phone? Last several ROM's I used always had some kind of bug where the voicemail app didn't work or MMS didn't work, etc... I would like the hotspot feature though. Do I have to flash a ROM to take advantage of that or can I just root?
Thanks for the help is advance

First, wrong place to ask this! You should be asking about what ROM is best blah blah blah for the LTE in the EVO LTE area
Second, you can't flash an EVO 4G ROM on the EVO LTE....is not going to work no matter how much you want it to
BUT I did hear some good things about the Mean ROM.......alright I'm gonna go now!
GOOD LUCK!!!

Mazda said:
First, wrong place to ask this! You should be asking about what ROM is best blah blah blah for the LTE in the EVO LTE area
Second, you can't flash an EVO 4G ROM on the EVO LTE....is not going to work no matter how much you want it to
BUT I did hear some good things about the Mean ROM.......alright I'm gonna go now!
GOOD LUCK!!!
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Sorry about that. I'll find that section and check it out. Thanks

Blipstein said:
Sorry about that. I'll find that section and check it out. Thanks
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Try this- EVO LTE Original Development
or- EVO LTE Android Development
Here's Q&A- http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1592

jamieg71 said:
Try this- EVO LTE Original Development
or- EVO LTE Android Development
Here's Q&A- http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1592
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Got it. Thanks

Blipstein said:
Got it. Thanks
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I also moved from the 4G to the 4G LTE. I have flashed the ViperROM and the battery power has been outstanding (I am charging the phone every other day now).

Stock shipped rom gs2

Hey everyone, I'm honestly getting confused looking at all the roms and I'm not entirely sure I'm looking at the right thing - Essentially, since the ICS ****up I want to go back to gingerbread when my phone worked. I get 6 hours battery life, on standby, never touching my phone, all radios off. ZERO reception no matter where I go. *****ing aside, I've rooted my GS years ago and havent needed to root the gs2 so I'm a little rusty, Just a simple link to the shipped/stock rom would be appreciated, as I said before I get too confused with all the titles.
Thank yoyu

If it lasts only that few hours then there is definitely something wrong. Try factory reset/wipe. For rooting ICS use method 1 from guide in my signature. For GB ROM check sammobile.com
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dino_squirrel said:
Hey everyone, I'm honestly getting confused looking at all the roms and I'm not entirely sure I'm looking at the right thing - Essentially, since the ICS ****up I want to go back to gingerbread when my phone worked. I get 6 hours battery life, on standby, never touching my phone, all radios off. ZERO reception no matter where I go. *****ing aside, I've rooted my GS years ago and havent needed to root the gs2 so I'm a little rusty, Just a simple link to the shipped/stock rom would be appreciated, as I said before I get too confused with all the titles.
Thank yoyu
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I have no idea why you keep ignoring me.
I said in your other two threads (here and here) - YOU'RE IN THE WRONG FORUM.
This is the forum for the GT-I9100 model of the Galaxy SII. This phone doesn't even work on Sprint's network.
You have the Sprint variant of the Galaxy SII. It is also called the Epic 4G Touch. That device's forum is at http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1281.
I can't make this any more clear. This should not be confusing.
You're confusing yourself; getting confused looking at all the ROMs in the wrong device forum. Stop that. Go to the correct forum for your device.
Also, STOP POSTING the same issue over and over. As I noted above, this is the third thread you've started to complain about ICS on your device. (which still isn't an I9100)

LMAO
the SGS2 fori have become pickled with and by the totally bewildered...

Well, sorry. I've been doing way too much in the past week and the phone not working has made things a little difficult. Didn't mean to ignore, I think I had a post typed out and closed the tab on accident. Will do as you advised shortly.
Thank you

Moved to Epic 4G Touch Q&A, locked other 2 threads.

Well, since your in the right spot, go here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20656098
And please read the thread of that post..
Good luck to you..
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda app-developers app

Yah, since I got on the right page I found waht I was looking for and now I'm back in GB. The page instructions are way too verbose by the way.
Thank you

dino_squirrel said:
Yah, since I got on the right page I found waht I was looking for and now I'm back in GB. The page instructions are way too verbose by the way.
Thank you
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Well, since you don't like reading, I won't bother posting the link to disable the ota notification that you're sure to get in the future.. Being that the same author wrote it and it may be too verbose..

MoHoGalore said:
Well, since you don't like reading, I won't bother posting the link to disable the ota notification that you're sure to get in the future.. Being that the same author wrote it and it may be too verbose..
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Are you also waiting for op to brick his phone by incorrectly flashing ics because its too long to read? When the op decides of course lol. I know I am
sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch

patrao_n said:
Are you also waiting for op to brick his phone by incorrectly flashing ics because its too long to read? When the op decides of course lol. I know I am
sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
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I'd be lying by saying no.

PRL Updated.

My PRL updated to 61009 and I'm getting horrible to none connections with cell towers. Was wondering if anyone had any PRLs between 61000-61008? or even something around the 60700-60999 area would be nice to try!
If so, I would be greatly appreciative if you guys could share it with me.

aaa12585 said:
My PRL updated to 61009 and I'm getting horrible to none connections with cell towers. Was wondering if anyone had any PRLs between 61000-61008? or even something around the 60700-60999 area would be nice to try!
If so, I would be greatly appreciative if you guys could share it with me.
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I love Google..
Every Sprint PRL
And it seems as if that OP doesn't include the 61xxx's.. And it was just updated 8 days ago.. Maybe you have a new one..
:edit: I take that back.. Some of those not listed are in the Non-LTE Zip..

MoHoGalore said:
I love Google..
Every Sprint PRL
And it seems as if that OP doesn't include the 61xxx's.. And it was just updated 8 days ago.. Maybe you have a new one..
:edit: I take that back.. Some of those not listed are in the Non-LTE Zip..
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Since you guys are on the discussion of PRLs... what would the best PRL be for the Detroit area on the E4GT considering it's not an LTE device (not that detroit even has 4G coverage anyway... >.>')?

Kherr said:
Since you guys are on the discussion of PRLs... what would the best PRL be for the Detroit area on the E4GT considering it's not an LTE device (not that detroit even has 4G coverage anyway... >.>')?
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Honestly, all I can suggest is read all the prl discussions you can to include other Sprint devices. Just don't expect a magical speed daemon to arrive in your phone. It's about obtaining signal where you may not or other reasons that I'm sure you'll find.

How can you tell which prl is right for you?
Is it just trial and error?
Sent from my SPH-D710

tg2012 said:
How can you tell which prl is right for you?
Is it just trial and error?
Sent from my SPH-D710
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Easiest way for me to answer is go read the op of the link I posted. I think you may be confused on why someone would want to change prl's..
:edit: I see that you're on boost. I don't think this will help you. Mvno's like yours may not benefit from this. May want to research this more before changing.

I'm researching the PRL, but currently mine says default. I'm looking in ==> System / About Device / Status. I'm wondering is that normal. I'm reading ppl have a # on their phone, but mine just says default.
My next post will have screen shots of my phone configuration.
Any help / comments / suggestions are highly encouraged.

JCompMan said:
I'm researching the PRL, but currently mine says default. I'm looking in ==> System / About Device / Status. I'm wondering is that normal. I'm reading ppl have a # on their phone, but mine just says default.
Any help / comments / suggestions are highly encouraged.
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Well, I have to confess, this is weird. I looked at my phone yesterday, and my PRL was listed as default. NOW, it’s listed at 21095.
Note, I’m still researching about PRLs.

[Q] Stock rom for Virgin Mobile's SPH-D710 US

I have been looking for a stock rom for Virgin Mobile's Epic 4G touch (S2) US and every link I find is either Sprint or has been taken down. If anyone has one or know where to get it that would be amazing.

Xonear said:
I have been looking for a stock rom for Virgin Mobile's Epic 4G touch (S2) US and every link I find is either Sprint or has been taken down. If anyone has one or know where to get it that would be amazing.
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Wrong phone section I guess? For your phone is this -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch
Try ask people from there.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

AzriHafiz said:
Wrong phone section I guess? For your phone is this -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch
Try ask people from there.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Nah you were right, I was in a bit of a rush to post it and it was also my first post so I'm sure I did something wrong.

Stock Rom for VM D710
Xonear said:
I have been looking for a stock rom for Virgin Mobile's Epic 4G touch (S2) US and every link I find is either Sprint or has been taken down. If anyone has one or know where to get it that would be amazing.
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I could send you a SD Card with everything you need. I have all the downloads on my Laptop. Message me ([email protected])